Henry Kissinger• Birth date: May 27, 1923• Birth place: Furth, Germany• Died: November 29, 2023 (aged 100)

Henry Kissinger

• Birth date: May 27, 1923

• Birth place: Furth, Germany

• Died: November 29, 2023 (aged 100)

• Birth name: Heinz Alfred Kissinger

• Father: Louis Kissinger, teacher

• Mother: Paula (Stern) Kissinger

• Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1950; M.A., 1952; Ph.D., 1954

• Military: US Army, 1943-1949, Captain

• Religion: Jewish

Timeline:

• 1938 - The Kissinger family immigrates to the United States

• June 19, 1943 - Becomes a US citizen.

• 1954-1971 - Harvard University faculty member.

• 1957-1960 - Associate Director of Harvard’s Center for International Affairs.

• 1956-1960 - Consultant, Weapons Systems Evaluation Group of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

• 1961-1962 - Consultant, National Security Council.

• 1961-1968 - Consultant, US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

• 1965-1968 - Consultant, US Department of State.

• 1969-1974 - President Richard Nixon’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

• 1969 - Helps initiate the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with the Soviet Union.

• 1972 - Kissinger and Nixon are named Time Magazine’s Men of the Year.

• 1973-1977 - Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Gerald Ford.

• 1973 - Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, with Le Duc Tho, for negotiating the end of the Vietnam War. Le Duc Tho declines the award.

• 1974-1975 - Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for President Ford.

• 1979 - The first volume of his memoir, “White House Years,” is published.

• 1982 - Opens international consulting firm Kissinger Associates, Inc.

• 1982 - Has triple coronary bypass surgery.

• 1982 - The second volume of his memoir, “Years of Upheaval,” is published.

• 1999 - The third volume of his memoir, “Years of Renewal,” is published.

• 2002 - Is appointed by President George W. Bush to lead the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9-11 Commission.

• 2002 - Resigns as chairman of the 9-11 Commission, citing controversy over possible conflicts of interest with clients of his consulting firm.

• 2005 - Undergoes an angioplasty procedure.

• 2006 - Is awarded the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service.

• 2014 - Undergoes heart surgery to replace an aortic valve.

• 2021 - During the annual Sedona Forum at the McCain Institute for International Leadership, Kissinger warns that tensions with China are “the biggest problem for America, the biggest problem for the world” because there is the potential for “a kind of cold war” to develop between the two countries.